The fourth volume in Frazer's seminal 12 volume set on anthropology and traditional systems of belief. With this third part of The Golden Bough we take up the question, why had the King of the Wood at Nemi regularly to perish by the hand of his successor? Topic investigated include the practice and intention of human sacrifice, the mortality of gods, the regular killing of divine kings and spirits, and the supersitions surrounding the succession of the soul. ( Leon Harvey)
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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/Religion/Other religions; *Non-fiction/Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)
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goldenbough3_thedyinggod_01_frazer_128kb.mp3 might be an awkward prefix to work with because this book is actually the 4th volume in the series. Some of the parts in the golden bough are in 2 volumes, which may cause a small confusion.
I know its 'part 3' but im skipping ahead from part 2 'taboo and the perils of the soul' out of personal interest to read this volume first. I will probably return to the 3rd volume after this one
Gee i wish someone would proof listen this. its interesting to know that the winter months of the northern hemisphere are not associated with publishing or writing
Hi hecrane00 - yes just post your PL notes in the thread. If you decide to continue as DPL, then I can add you to the project and give you access to edit the MW.
for this one , only standard proof listening is required where it just has to sound acceptable without stutters or repeats or too much background noise. But, it helps to read along with the text used in case some mistakes were made
Hi, so far I've been able to PL the preface, sections 1 and 2. I did have a question about if the text linked is the same the reader is using because this would help me with being word specific if that is wanted
[Preface:
Something that I picked up in several parts of the video was an echo like the video was too loud but it wasn't super unpleasant but I could see how some might get distracted.
2:15 the word "even" is missing but it does not affect the flow of the book.]
[Section 1:
1:12 the sentence says " must be numbered" but it sounds like remembered on the recording.
1:47 the word "beings" was replaced by kings
6:26 "if we may trust the Egyptian" the recording is missing the word "the"
as well as it says "the soul of isis" but isis has been replaced with iris. The word after iris is a bit unclear and it disrupts the sentence.
8:26 the recording says "well when they came to palodes" and the reading says "well when they were come to palodes" however I find the wording of the reading to be awkward and prefer the reader's sentence
9:38 repeat of the word sorrow
9:42 instead of becalmed it says bemaled
9:51 the word been is missing between have and made
10:01 says find instead of found]
[Section 2:
5:36 says power instead of powerful
6:41 uses the word his instead of this
10:11 drag is repeated]
Besides slight differences in wording, sections one and two are at a good volume and the reader is doing a great job and they make the readings enjoyable for the listener.
I was able to PL section 6 funeral games today. For the most part, everything sounds great but here are my notes.
section 6
3:45 the word founder is unclear or even skipped over
13:27 "discontented" was replaced with contented
17:32 and replaced the word "old"
18:15 the word yoke has been skipped
